On the Monday, March 23, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing the U.S. power grid in new ways. How can we ensure its reliability?
HAVANA – Cuba's national electric grid collapsed March 16, the country's grid operator said, leaving around 10 million people without power amid a U.S.-imposed oil blockade that has crippled the ...
State Grid Corp. of China said it’s accelerating investment in power grids as Beijing pushes to stabilize growth and expand infrastructure spending. The utility reported fixed‑asset investment of 75.7 ...
The U.S. power industry is embarking on an AI-driven expansion of the electric grid, a build-out that promises to be one of the most expensive since World War II. Some of the costs are set to be ...
Moving an object from one location to another—picking and placing—is an ideal application for industrial robots due to the robots’ repeatability, throughput and favorable return on investment. It is ...
Bottom line: The US electric grid added more energy storage capacity in 2025 than in any previous year on record, achieving the milestone during a politically turbulent period for renewable energy ...
Shixiang (Woody) Zhu does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CTC Global, the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of high-capacity advanced conductors, today announced the launch of the GridVista System. The GridVista ...
Last month’s sprawling winter storm from Texas to New England was one of the first multigrid tests in the U.S. for big batteries. They passed. Texas, in particular, benefited from energy storage, ...
Texas has so many massive AI-related data centers in development that its grid operator is now considering reevaluating some projects that were previously approved. The Electric Reliability Council of ...
In his column “Acrademics,” Alexandre Acra ’26 sheds light on the ins and outs of Stanford and Silicon Valley culture. Dear Acrademics, The world around us seems to be losing rigor and specificity by ...
Fossil fuels have struggled in the cold weather. The eastern half of the US saw a monster snowstorm over the weekend. The good news is the grid has largely been able to keep up with the freezing ...